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Forces in Mechanics
H-index 15

Forces in Mechanics

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 259 27 39 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 51
Documents by Best Scientists*: 63
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 20
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.693
Impact Factor: 3.5

Top Publications

  • Investigating the role of different components of friction stir welding tools on the generated heat and strain

    (2023)
    37 Citations
  • Coupling of IGA and peridynamics for air-blast fluid-structure interaction using an immersed approach

    Masoud Behzadinasab;Georgios Moutsanidis;Nathaniel Trask;John T. Foster

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Effect of forming strain on low cycle, high cycle and notch fatigue performance of automotive grade dual phase steels: A review

    (2023)
    22 Citations
  • The influence of milling induced residual stress on fatigue life of aluminum alloys

    (2022)
    18 Citations
  • Mixed convection flow of Cu-water nanofluid having differently shaped nanoparticles past a moving wedge

    (2022)
    17 Citations
  • Effects of membrane and flexural stiffnesses on aortic valve dynamics: identifying the mechanics of leaflet flutter in thinner biological tissues

    Emily L. Johnson;Manoj R. Rajanna;Cheng-Hau Yang;Ming-Chen Hsu

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • Potential impacts of Cattaneo-Christov model of heat flux on the flow of Carreau-Yasuda fluid with mixed convection over a vertical stationary flat plate

    (2023)
    15 Citations
  • Peridynamic modeling of nonlocal degrading interfaces in composites

    (2022)
    15 Citations
  • Grain boundary engineering of new additive manufactured polycrystalline alloys

    Frank Abdi;Amirhossein Eftekharian;Dade Huang;Raul B. Rebak

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Influence of thermo-mechanical material properties on the structural response of a welded butt-joint by FEM simulation and experimental tests

    R. Sepe;A. Greco;A. De Luca;F. Caputo

    (2021)
    14 Citations

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